Friday, October 03, 2008

Dracula Update

Dutton Wins New 'Dracula' - 10/3/2008 7:36:00 AM - Publishers Weekly: "Dutton publisher Brian Tart bested bids from several other publishers for U.S. rights to Dracula: the Un-dead, by Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and Dracula documentarian and historian Ian Holt. The deal was made by Danny Baror of Baror International and Ken Atchity of Atchity Entertainment International. Baror and Atchity also sold U.K. and Canadian rights to the work for a combined total of well over mid-seven figures. The book is the first Stoker family-authorized Dracula project since the original 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi. It opens in London in 1912, where someone is stalking the band of heroes who defeated the vampire a quarter of a century ago.

The new book will also zero in on several characters and plot threads previously eliminated during the heavy editing that accompanied Dracula's original publication. Through Stoker family connections, the writers had access to Bram Stoker’s handwritten notes for Dracula, which was originally to have been called The Un-dead."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow. This has huge potential. The book Dracula is good for many different reasons. What really struck me is that the Count himself is on stage so infrequently (considering the book bears his name for a title). The horror and fear are based mainly in the reader's mind. What I always found funny, especially with the Jonathan Harker sections at the beginning, is his rush to journal when he's scared for his life. "Oh no," Harker says, "there's three vampires who want to drink my blood. Quick! I need to journal!"